Autonomous artistic practices and research: Popularization, definition and value

The article approaches the topic of artistic practices and research by providing an overview of the basic terms (practice, research, autonomy, laboratory, process, result, product) associated with such form of artistic creation. Through this and the three focuses - (1) reasons for the popularisation of such artistic activities, (2) their possible definitions and (3) the question of their value - the author comes to the conclusion that artistic practices and research are not opposed to 'final' artworks, but that the (creative) process and the result likewise constitute different aspects of the same phenomenon - creation.